Hard Drive Copy?

Hey I have 2 different hard drives on my pc and one of them has the Windows 7 Beta, and the other has Windows 7 Ultimate full retail version and I was wondering if there is anyway I can get all my files and games and stuff from my Windows 7 Beta onto my Windows 7 Ultimate without having to reinstall or redownload everything?

Files should be no problem, just copy/paste, but there is no good way to move programs without reinstalling them.

You can copy a partition and all it's files, but there are no registry entries for these copied partitions, so the programs will not run.

You'll need to re-install all your 3rd party applications.

richc46 said:

You may want to consider Windows Easy Transfer. To make it a bit less tedious. That being said, you should also keep a copy of everything on another external device. There have been few (really not many) problems. As with anything problems can develope.

Where can I find Windows Easy transfer for Windows 7?

richc46 said:

It is included with Vista and Windows 7

Here is some information.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...-transfer.aspx

Would I have to have 3 hard drives to be able to do this, without an easy transfer cable?

Do you have the RC? Upgrade the Windows 7 RC to any retail version Icrontic Tech

seekermeister said:

Files should be no problem, just copy/paste, but there is no good way to move programs without reinstalling them.

Not at all
Use HD Clone
Start computer from CD/DVD (win7 dvd)ninside
choose Repair
restart windows 7 ultimate from the new hard disk.
regards
Sam

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gosaad said:

seekermeister said:

Files should be no problem, just copy/paste, but there is no good way to move programs without reinstalling them.

Not at all
Use HD Clone
Start computer from CD/DVD (win7 dvd) inside
choose Repair
restart windows 7 ultimate from the new hard disk.
regards
Sam